Invalid ms-dos version
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Invalid ms-dos version
Monday, November 14, 2005 at 2:25 pm
Posted by biggieuk
(2 messages posted)
Hey all,
I have a mates old laptop computer which i have been told has Win95 installed.
When the computer is turned on i received an error message asking me to "Enter the
name of Command Interpreter (e.g., C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND.COM)".
I made a Win95 bootdisk from bootdisk.com and put it into the drive.
I have now managed to get the computer reading from the A:\ drive and the C:\ drive
(get a bit list after typing "DIR").
After searching for a possible solution i have tried copying the system files onto
the C:\ drive using "SYS a: c:" but receive an error message saying "Invalid Ms-Dos
Version".
I have also tried renaming the SETVER.EXE file ( ren setver.exe setver.old) but receive
a message saying "File Not Found".
I have no idea what to do next.
Id greatly appreciate any help with this, thanks!
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re: Invalid ms-dos version
Monday, November 14, 2005 at 4:15 pm
Posted by biggieuk
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I have now managed to get windows to load up by typing:
"cd windows" and then "win".
The system will still not load up by itself though. Is there a way i can reset the
default boot files up again so i dont have to enter "cd windows" and "win" every
time?
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re: Invalid ms-dos version
Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at 7:07 pm
Posted by Malcolm Fowler
(1549 messages posted)
Make sure that C: drive is nominated as the boot drive in BIOS (C:A or A:C) and then
make sure that the Autoexec.bat file is present with the "win" instruction in it....
On Monday, November 14, 2005 at 4:15 pm, biggieuk wrote:
>I have now managed to get windows to load up by typing:
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>"cd windows" and then "win".
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>The system will still not load up by itself though. Is there a way i can reset the
>default boot files up again so i dont have to enter "cd windows" and "win" every
>time?
>
>
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